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Rabies Ever so often, there is a “mail ]nu” scare in almost every com munity of any size. At such times he people often set very much vorked up; dog catchers get busy, mil the police enforce regulations ibout stray dogs running at lar m. Then, the scare blows over Ind “ntad dogs” are forgotten for i spell. Hasty action lias resulted in the loath of many valuable and inno ■ciit dogs and, perhaps, other pets, deluding house cats. But there is a same manner in ,vhich this whole subject may be ipproached. In view of recent “mad dog” scares in Raleigh and other points throughout the State, it occurred to me that it might be a good idea pass on to the public some ob servations 1 recently made by J. IV. Kellogg, Assistant Director of Hie State Board of Health’s Lab oratory of Hygiene, where dogs’ [leads are examined to determine (mother they are infected with ra bies. Mr. Kellogg deals with this sub ject from the standpoint of an ixpert, and from this point 1 piote Mr. Kellogg, who says: "Rabies is an acute infectious [isease caused by a virus, which las an affinity for the central lervous system. It is primarily a isease of animals, all of which be susceptible to a greater or ssscr extent. While prevalent in inimals, the disease in man is are. The hog is the natural rts rvoir of infection. This is due to is natural susceptibility and .o be peculiar status of the dog, Rich alone enjoys the freedom •om restraint usually accorded to lis animal. Of all domesticated id wild animals the dog alone is lowed to roam at large and at ie same time have free access to c Rome, with intimate contact ith the members of the family. •The disease is spread from an fected animal by the lmplantu m in tne specitic virus usually a uite. Thus infection from a :a> nog may be transmitted to > ianiuy pet, and thence to un spccting cmldren before symp iis are noticeable in the raoid Dual, ihe period of incubation nes trom two weeks to at least jive months, and the virus may presenti n tne saliva of tile dog at least three days before onset mai-Ked symptoms. For this rea i, a dog should be isolated as Si <»> iiOBk cU. Viut;> y i j] in character. |A change in disposition may be first symptom. He may be un jally friendly or show distinee nosity towards people or jther nals. Slight paralysis either of throat or extremities may ap |r. The usual symptoms of a -mad' dog are generally known. is thel' urious or rabid form jhc. disease. Less frequently the exhibits the ‘dumb’ or paraly orm. In this form other sym ns are less pronounced and the al hides away, develops para of the lower jaw and dies in t three days, in this form he appear to have sometning in his throat, and attempts move the object may result in lental exp isure to the disease, in cats develop furious rabies ar especiallyd angerous to ren, rushing out fro ma hid place, and scratching and bit savagely. Due to their habit :king their paws, cat scratcnes be as dangerous as an act ite. Cattle and other livestock also susceptible, and due to size and strength, are eapa if doing much damage. The lal loss of valuable livestock id by bites of rabid dogs must (■considerable. Sick animais receive the attention ot a finarian. This is an economic lent, but we are interested n |isease mainly from the public standpoint, and regarding lol measures in animals and Intive measures in man. here are certain measures to hken when one is bitten by (inial. If the animal is appar normal, and there seems to reason to believe that lie is he should be confined and [red for a period of from ten to two weeks to be sure that [s not in the early stages of at the time the person was If at the end of that time bimal is still normal, the pa lls in no danger. If the (log develop symptoms of rabies ten days of the time of the hro, there will yet be -into the anti-rabie treatnu nt, in cases bitten on the head |e. In such cases treatment not be delayed, but begun pately and stoped if the an still normal at the end of Bervation period. In no case an apparently normal an e killed in order to ma t*' nosis of rabies. Failure to |e diagnostic “Negri bodies’ Ike it necessary to make an inoculation and delay the |ls. Observation of the an a two weeks period will [rule out the possibility of In the suspected animal. 1 lie is bitten by a rabid an |by one in which a diagno ntinued on back page) THE ROANOKE NEWS ESTABLISHED IN 1866 — SERVING HALIFAX AND NORTH AMPTON COUNTIES Seventy-Fifth Year Published Every Thursday — Weldon, North Carolina Thursday, Feb. 19th., 1942 FORMER FACULTY MEMBER RILLED IN CRASH Lieutenant Harry Lamar Mai-1 thews, 25 was instantly killed on Sunday when an Army pursuit plane he was piloting plunged into the Lordship Meadows near the Municiple airport in Bridgeport, Conn. Lieutenant Matthews, a native of Gates, N. C. was a member of the Weldon H. S'. faculty, resigning a few weeks before the end of the term last spring to enlist in the Army Air Corps. He took his training at New Pursuit Flying School in Texas. On December 21 he was married at the Post Chapel in Victoria, Texas to Miss Mary Mack Clark of Enfield. He was a member and a director of the Weldon Lion’s Club and was in terested in other civic, social and. religious activities while here. Funeral services were conducted today at noon from the Chapel of the Branch Funeral Home in En field. The body was then taken lo his former home near Gates foi burial in the family cemetery. His pastor, Dr. J. L. Carriek was the officiating minister. Survivors include his wife, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Clay ton Matthews of Gates, a sister, Miss Eileen Matthews of Banner Elk and two brothers, Philip Mat thews and Roland Matthews, both of Enfield. Deputy Commissioner Of Revenue To Be In Weldon March 2-3 J. G. Shannanhouse, Deputy Commissioner of Revenue, will be at the Weldon Hotel, March 2nd. and 3rd for the purpose of assist ing in the filing of income and in tangible tax reports to the State of North Carolina. If there are those wishing to get in touch with him before these dates he can be leached at the Smith Hotel dn Pfc^noke Rapids. Mr. Shannonhouse urges that everyone file early and save the ! penalty. 1 Crash Victim HARRY L. MATTHEWS GRADY HARPER Funeral services were conducted from the residence here tliis af ternoon for Grady Harper, 54 wno died Tuesday night following a short illness from pneumonia. The rites were conducted by the Rev. W. \V. Finlator and interment fol lowed in Odarwood cemetery. Mr. Harper was born near Hal ifax but had made his home in Weldon for a number of years where he ran a taxi service. He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Mary Harper and two brothers, \l Harper and Joe Harper of Hali fax. Applications Received For Cotton Crop Insurance j Applications now are being i'c 1 ceived by county AAA offices for insurance on the 1942 cotton crop. | according- to Tom Cornwell, Cleve land County farmer and a mem ber of the State AAA Commit | tee. This is the first time North Ca rolina’s ITT),000 cotton producers have been offered an opportunity to insure their yields in a plan similar to the wheat crop inuir anc-e which lias been available for the past-two years, Cornwell said. “This insurance is issued by the Federal Crop Insurance Corpora tion, and affords the cotton pro ducer an opportunity to insure his yield either for 75 per cent or 50 per cent of his normal production in past years,” Cornwell said. “The corporation is a non-prof it agency of the United States De partment of Agriculture, and funds for administering the program were appropriated by Congress. Cotton and wheat insurance is not designed to make money for the farmer or the corporation, but to serve, like fire insurance, as part ial protection against loss.” Premium rates are determined for individual farms on the basis of losses during the past seven years, and these records now art available in the county AAA offic es. He pointed out that the insur ance is available to anyone hav ing an interest in a cotton crip, whether landowner, tenant or sharecropper. Insurance taken by one person having an ineresi in the crop, however, has not effect on any other person interested in the same crop. An applicant may choose insurance on three fourths or one half of his normal produc tion as he desires. Premiums, it was pointed out, are payable at the time the appli cation is signed or may be deduct ed from payments due the ippli cant in 1942 for compliance in the 1942 Agricultural Conservation Program in the same manner as grant of aid costs are deducted. In no case, he said, will produc tion be insur/1 on more than the cotton acreage, allotted under the AAA program. Deadline for filing applications is March 15th. | Higher Oil Content Of Soybeans Sought Farmers of North Carolina have | been asked to increase their pro duction of soybeans by 111,000 a cres in 1942, to provide a source of vegetable oil for war time u ses. The State College Agricul tural Experiment Station has I spdeeded up its soybean research program i nan attempt to develop varieties of soybeans which have a high oil content. Dr. L. D. Baver, Experiment Sta tion director, announced that E. Fred Schultz a graduate stu lent, has been added to the research staff to help with this soybean work, lie will cooperate with Ag ronomist, J. A. Rigney who has devoted a major part of his tune to this problem. Rigney reports that Wood’s Yel low, Tokio and Herman varieties of soybeans have been superior m the production of seed in the Coastal Plain. In the Piedmont, the same varieties do well, al though Wood’s Yellow is late ma turing and is not recommended for delayed plantings. The State College agronomist says that Wood’s Yellow is fairly shatterproof, but is comparat' i ly low in oil content. The Tokio j and Herman (Haberlandt) varieties are higher in oil content, but thej shatter severely under any but the best conditions. Rigney suggests that soybeans' lie planted in rows and cultivated a few times in the Coastal Plain. In the Piedmont, however, erosion is a prime consideration and it is usually best to plant soybeans broadcast or n close drills. .Soy beans leave the land in very loose erosive condition and any cultural practice that will reduce this on rolling lands should be used, the agronomist declared. ; The tSate College leader said seed supplies of the Arksay, Bil oxi, Clemson and Mamredo varie ties of soybeans are small this! year; seed supplies of the Harm an and Mammoth Yellow varieties are medium; and seed supplies of Tokio and Wood’s Yellow are com paratively large. RECORDERS James Williams, colored of En field, affray, 90 days on the roads upon failure to pay costs. William W. McDonald, white of Roanoke Rapids, non-support S months on the roads', suspended on payment of the costs and on condition he appear the first Tues day of each month for Id months: and show he has paid his wife the j sum of $7.50 weekly for support! of herself and child. To file Ap pearance bond in amount of $250. This cause is retained. C. P. Clark, white of Newpoi News speeding, judgment suspend ed on payment of costs and sur render of his operators license for 30 days. Percy Jenkins, Prince Knight, Turner Might, colored of Weldon, affray. Prayer for judgment con tinued on condition each remains of good behavior for two years. Knight and Hight to pay 1-2 the costs each. O. Ray Bowen, white of Ayden' speeding, prayer for judgment continued on payment: a1' fu n $5.00 and costs. Lorenza Lewis, white of Beau fort speeding, judgment suspended on payment of the costs and not to drive for 30 days. Vv alter Davis, Samuel Davis anu Sim Lyon, colored of Lnlield, driv ing wan out license, prayer lor j augment continue,! on payment oi me Costs and on condition nei ther of them operate a motor ve nicle for lour months and then only it they have obtained opoia tors license. Calvin Brown,-*o()?oreu of Roa noke Rapids, attempted larceny, 4 months on the roads. Harvey Baker, colored of Weldon non-support the prayer for judg ment is continued upon paymenJ of the costs and on condition he pays the sum of $4.(10 per week to' JMollie Robinson for the support I of his minor children. ' Luke Taylor, colored of Dm!-] ington, S. (.’. reckless driving, op-1 orators license revoked for 30 days' to become effective February Id,] 1942. The defendant ordered to pay! the costs. Elmer Gilikiu, white of Wiin - ton, prayer for judgment contin ued on payment of the costs and not to drive for 30 days. Robert Pierce, colored of En-' field reckless driving, prayer for { judgment continued on payment of the costs and license revoked toi 30 days. Henry Bailey, colored of Enfiel 1 reckless driving, judgment sus-1 pended on payment of the costs,' operators license revoked for eight months. Frank Tillman Storey, white of Augusta, Ga., speeding, prayer for | judgment continued on payment of J the costs and on condition he pay ; a fine of $5.00. Markers Must Be! Removed,Buildings F. H. Clark, local chairman of Civilian Defense, has been notified by A. L. llux, County Chairman, that by urgent order of the Sec retary of War and the Civil Aero nautics Administration, all existing markers within one hundred and fifty miles of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts are to be obliterat ed immediately. 41so that no ad ditional air markers are to be constructed throughout the conti nental United States until further notice. Mr. Clark was urged to deter mine the location and bring about , the obliteration of any markers or markings which might be effective as identification signals around Weldon. He is also asked to secure the cooperation of private con cerns, municipalities and others in the prompt obliteration of mark ings on water tanks, factory budd ings or any other buildings or structures. Mr. Hux also asked the coopera tion of the Mayor and the local police department in this oblitera tion program. The North Carolina Wing of the Civil Air Patrol has volunteered to check this area by flight obser vation when the obliteration of markings and markers has been concluded. CANDIDATE E. L. TRAVIS Senator E. L. Travis of Halifax has announced his candidacy for nomination of State Senator for Halifax County from the fourth Senatorial District in the coming Democratic primary, to succeed himself. Senator Travis was elected in a special election to fill the unexpir ed term oi Dr. T. W. M. Long of Roanoke Rapids, who died sudden ly in office during the last legis lative session. Mrs. Johnston Dies Mrs. J. A. Johnston died at her home here this afternoon after an illness of several months. Fu neral services will he conducted from the residence Friday af ternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. \V. \Y. Finlator and interment will follow in ( clarwood ceme tery. New Books In Public Library Frenchman’s Creek, Daphne Du Marrier. Dragon Seed, Pearl Buck. Mr. and Mrs. Cougat, Isabel Scott Itorick. Murder with Southern Hospitali ty. Leslie Ford. First Ladies, Kathleen Prindi ville. Introduction to Television, C. .1. Hylander. An American A. B. C., Maud and Miska Petersham. The Pine Tree That Ran Away, Henry Bestor. Come Meet the Clowns, Lydia Furbush and Dorothy Neumann. Public Papers and Messages of Franklin. D. Roosevelt, 1 volumes 1947 1940. Wrecks In This Section Plentiful Over Week End Less Of Payroll Dollar Goes For Food Than In ’17 Workers Leave Thirteen I’er Cent I.ess Of Total Ineome at Grocery Than During World War 1. De spite Food I’riee Increases. Washington, D. C., February 19-! The average working man leaves I about 13 cents less of his weekly I payroll dollar at the grocery store today than he did during the year i America entered World War 1, ov-l en though food prices generally have risen some 15 per cent during the past twelve months. Reduction of extra marketii g costs by efficient distributors has1 been one of the most recent factors helping to “stretch” retail food! dollars, according to current u-| ports of the United States Dennrt- | ment of Agriculture showing that j the “typical working man’s fam ily” of 4.9 persons today spends j only 23 cents of his income dollar on food for the family dining ta ble. In contrast, the Department re ports that 36 per cents out of ev ery dollar of the family’s incom ' went for food in 1937, when the typical working man’s family earn ed $1,331 compared to $1,883 last year. Super markets are cited by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics as bringing “important economic ; ’ to food retailing, and confirming reports were issued this month by a leader in developing this type of sales unit, the A and P Tea Com pany. The iood chain announced that elimination of unnecessary handling operations and costs has reduced over all operating expen ses to the n>.. est point in the com pany’s 82 years, with as little as 10 cents of the retail dollar now covering distribution charges far some foods trucked direct from growing areas to con., any super markets. For the nation as a whole, on food marketed through all trade channels, the Bureau of Agricultur al Economics reports that market ing costs took 52 cents on the av erage out of the retail food dollar, eight cents less than in 1938. On the basis of food costs ; t lone, budgeteers among working families are better off today than they were during the “prosperity” years of 1940 and 1929. Govern ment reports show that the lypsi cal working man fed his family for $430 last year, compared to the $540 required in 1929 and $088 in 1920. The 23 cents that food costs take from the income dollar today is the smallest share in 29 years of government record. $1,000 Given For Research Winston-Salem, X. C.—Mrs. Wil burn Clary, President of the Wins ton-Salem Junior Woman’s Club recently presented a check from the club to I)r. K. I’. Merchant! and Dr. U. K. Clarvey who will make use of it for research work in bladder diseases. The check for $1,000 is the initial donation for a fund to be known as the Mamie Brown Latham Foundation aid will form a muscleus for the fluid research fund each year to be u sed for the project considered most worthy of it at the time. Drs. Morehcad and Garvey will continue their study, which has been under way for some time already, of the relation of vitamin de ieiencies to smooth muscle tone. Research is being- carried on by means of con trolled groups of rats in which the deficiency is produced and proper diet used as a corrective. Mrs. R. H. Latham, of Asheville, is the one for whom the fund has been named. She founded the club v h she lived here several years ago. Mr. Latham was formerly superin tendent of Winston-Salem public schools, Mrs. Latham is now treas urer for the General Federation of Woman’s Clubs and was *or a number of years president of the State Federation. Both Dr. Morehead and Mrs. Latham are well known in Weldon. Dr. Morehead is the son of Mrs. K. P. Morehead of Weldon. Mr. and Mrs. Latham were former residents here and he was superintendent of Weldon Schools. The Book Club Mis. Wiley Kllis entertained the members of The Book (.Tub Satur day afternoon, February 14th at her home in Garysburg. In the ab sence of the president, Mrs. G. ( . Green, vice-president, presided. Fifteen members responded to roll call. Mrs. W. G. Suiter opened the program with Margaret Sangsters "Resolutions on the Month of Feb ruary.” Mrs. A. W. Oakes read an art icle about Abraham Lincoln “In the White House 1861-65.” Following the program the host ess, assisted by Miss Martha Ellis and Miss Constance Joyner served delicious sandwiches, Russian tea and salted nuts. There were nu injuries iuu.day morning wften a irausxer irucit umen uy Luse layior, a Dai ,mg ton, is. c. iNegro, ripped me le.t Hunt lender irom a ear driven by •Hiss Hannah bmedloy ol t’umi ytvanta, in an attempt to pass her on Itignway .'JU1 tu secsrU gravel branen. ine impact ol the truok caused Aliss Smedteys ear to era- it into tlie Highway guard fence. She was accompanied uy another lady but neither were hurt. Taylor was tried m Recorders Court Tuesday on a charge of risk less driving and was fined the cost of court and had his operators li cense revoked for thirty days. FOUR NEGROES LOSE LIVES Four Negroes lost their lives sometime during Saturday night when the car in which they were riding ran off the highway and into Boone's Mill pond near Jack son. The accident was discovered Sunday morning by Gordon Dick ens of Weldon, who while passing along the highway at that point noticed tire marks indicating that a ear had gone over into thu pond and also saw on automobile head light floating on the water. Dickens reported to Northamp ton authorities who upon invust igation located the car in about twelve feet of water and when brought to the surface contained the four bodies. The driver of the car was i dentified by his birth certificate found in his pocket, as .John Wil lie Stone. Jr., of id liagley St. Porthmouth, Ya., and the other man in the ear was identified by his Selective Service card as Wes ley Stone of 8(1 Hoi.son St. Ports mouth, Ya., the other tw» bodies, young negro girls, were not iden tified until later in the day when one was identified as Katherine Stone, wife of Wesley Stone. Nu identification of the other girl had been made when the bodies wire removed from Grant Funeral Home in Jackson by a Norfolk un dertaker. itlvcini^'UUuii liiU) Luc ciCwit.io.lt Wiifii lililUC L>y Oi tliiij i»|J Li.<ll L OUlliy oi licet.s alia iiifiiUK-i.'t in toe .Ma ie mgnway Patrol. THREE INJURED IN THREE CAR CRASH Jennings Penny o.' K.\ ansville, S. VV. Smith ox Warsaw ..ad Sterl ing Harris of Roanoke Rapids are in Roanoke Rapids Hospital as the result of a tnree ear crash that occurred Saturday evening at d-SO on the Northampton County side of the Roanoke river bridge on highway 301. According to report the car drl.en 1 Penny, with Smith as a passenger, crashed into the rear ox a ear driven by Richard Hardy, Pleasant Hill negro, then veered off into a taxi belonging to the U. F. Johnson Taxi Service of Roanoke Rapids and driven by Jack Bell with Sterling Harris as a passenger. Penny sustained a broken leg and severe lacerations about the head and face, Harris a broken leg, bruises and lacerations and Smith a badly cut chin and neck. Neither the driver of the taxi nor the negro were injured. All three cars were badly smash ed. _ Drunken Driver Crashes With Truck A Plymouth sedan driven by John Dallas Garner crashed into a transfer truck owned by the L. and M. Transfer Company of Littleton and driven by Thomas Peters, Tuesday night about o’clock on the Northampton Coun ty side of the Roanoke river brid ge. Garner who is alledged to have been intoxicated, struck the end ot the bridge then crashed into the truck. He was only slightly injured and is out on bond on a charge of driving while dihink. The truck was diwriused bat the driver escaped injxwy.
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